Verbal, online or physical attack: Physical attack by authorities
On April 1, officials of the Delta State Task Force on Environment attacked the chairman of the Delta State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Michael Ikeogwu, and acorrespondent of the Daily Post, Mathew Omonigho, who reportedly had his Nikon D3100 camera destroyed. The two journalists were in Otiotio Street, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state to monitor the stay-at-home order by the government as a measure taken to curtail the spread COVID-19 pandemic in the state when they were stopped by the task force officails and assaulted.